by: Kim Law
Series: The Wildes of Birch Bay
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Publisher: Montlake Romance
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Sometimes dreams change…and sometimes it takes a dream reader to make it happen.
When Jaden Wilde’s girlfriend turns down his marriage proposal just months before he receives his master’s in counseling, he’s convinced that it’s cold feet. Until he learns that her no came at the advice of a new age “dream reader.” But Arsula’s hardly the woo-woo hippie his scholarly mind imagined. She’s charming, smart, and uncannily perceptive. And before long, he’s drawn to her—despite his ongoing skepticism for how her practice works.
Arsula’s intuitions led her to Birch Bay not to guide Jaden’s girlfriend—but to guide him to his best life possible. As the odd one out in an unsupportive family, Arsula can relate to the struggle to find one’s path, and she wants to see Jaden with the woman of his dreams. Although she’s cautious of being the rebound girl, what she’s starting to feel for him is too real to ignore.
When Jaden’s own volatile family issues come to a head and his doubts are made resoundingly clear, Arsula worries she’s misread the signs. Maybe they’re all wrong for each other. Maybe he should be with his ex. She’s supported him, but if he can’t believe in her, how will they ever find out if they’re truly meant to be?
“If I prove you wrong, you have to agree to kiss me again.”
Her shoulders went stiff. “What? No. That has nothing to do with this.”
“Yet that’s the deal on the table.” He eyed her, silently praying she’d say yes. All he’d thought about since she’d run away from his room the other morning was kissing her again. And maybe doing more.
“But I don’t want to kiss . . .” She trailed off as her eyes lowered to his mouth, and he expected the windows to begin to fog over any minute.
“I think you do.” He might not believe in intuition, but he could read desire in a woman’s eyes. “And possibly you want it as badly as I do.”
“Jaden”
He dipped his head and looked over the rim of his glasses at her. “Arsula.”
She let out a frustrated groan. “You just broke up with Megan. Have you forgotten that? More kissing at this point seems like it would be a very bad idea.”
“More kissing would never be a bad idea,” he corrected. “Ever. But okay, I can concede your point. So then tell me, what would be an acceptable time frame to wait before I do kiss you again?”
Her throat moved as she swallowed, then she turned away from him and stared in the direction of the lake. “I don’t know,” she finally answered. “A month, maybe?”
He laughed at that. A full-on, throaty chuckle at the absurdity that he could sit around for the next month and not try to kiss her. “Guess again, Lula-bell.”
The corners of her mouth turned down. “I’m just trying to be sensible, Jaden. I’m not sure it would be wise for either one of us. I don’t want you to confuse your feelings for Megan—”
“Past feelings.”
“—with me.”
He reached over and put a finger under her chin when she once again turned away from him, and he brought her face around to his. Her eyes stared back, wide and with more than a hint of fear, and her teeth gnawed at her bottom lip. “I am not confused,” he assured her. “You can take that to the bank.”
Her shoulders went stiff. “What? No. That has nothing to do with this.”
“Yet that’s the deal on the table.” He eyed her, silently praying she’d say yes. All he’d thought about since she’d run away from his room the other morning was kissing her again. And maybe doing more.
“But I don’t want to kiss . . .” She trailed off as her eyes lowered to his mouth, and he expected the windows to begin to fog over any minute.
“I think you do.” He might not believe in intuition, but he could read desire in a woman’s eyes. “And possibly you want it as badly as I do.”
“Jaden”
He dipped his head and looked over the rim of his glasses at her. “Arsula.”
She let out a frustrated groan. “You just broke up with Megan. Have you forgotten that? More kissing at this point seems like it would be a very bad idea.”
“More kissing would never be a bad idea,” he corrected. “Ever. But okay, I can concede your point. So then tell me, what would be an acceptable time frame to wait before I do kiss you again?”
Her throat moved as she swallowed, then she turned away from him and stared in the direction of the lake. “I don’t know,” she finally answered. “A month, maybe?”
He laughed at that. A full-on, throaty chuckle at the absurdity that he could sit around for the next month and not try to kiss her. “Guess again, Lula-bell.”
The corners of her mouth turned down. “I’m just trying to be sensible, Jaden. I’m not sure it would be wise for either one of us. I don’t want you to confuse your feelings for Megan—”
“Past feelings.”
“—with me.”
He reached over and put a finger under her chin when she once again turned away from him, and he brought her face around to his. Her eyes stared back, wide and with more than a hint of fear, and her teeth gnawed at her bottom lip. “I am not confused,” he assured her. “You can take that to the bank.”
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As a child, award-winning author Kim Law cultivated a love for chocolate, anything purple, and creative writing. She penned her debut work, "The Gigantic Talking Raisin," in the sixth grade and got hooked on the delights of creating stories. Before settling into the writing life, however, she earned a college degree in mathematics and worked as a computer programmer. Now she's pursuing her lifelong dream of writing romance novels. She has won the Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart Award, has been a finalist for the prestigious RWA RITA Award, and has served in varied positions for her local RWA chapter. A native of Kentucky, Kim lives with her husband and an assortment of animals in Middle Tennessee.
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